Collar bar



Sept. 20, 1938. H, C HN I 2,130,459

COLLAR BAR Filed April 27, 1957 Herman Cab!) Patented Sept. 20, 1938UNITED sra'res smear owner. 1

3 Claims.

This invention relates to folding collar bars. It has for its principalobject the provision of an articulated bar member with clamp endsengageable with the opposite wings of the collar, bridging the spacebetween the wings and forming an adjustable saddle for the support ofthe necktie. More specifically the object of the invention contemplatesa hinged collar holder with clamping ends as described which may befolded to a greater or less degree to adjust itself to the space betweenthe collar wings and also to adjust the saddle portion upon which thenecktie rests.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hinged collar bar withdetent means in the hinge for causing the parts of the bar to retain anangle to which they may be adjusted.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hinged collar barhaving the saddle upon which the necktie seats and a spur on the saddlefor ,20 engaging the necktie and holding it in position.

Another object of the invention is to provide.

clamping means at the ends of the hinged bar which facilitate the spreadof the clamp when embracing the edge of the collar, but deter itsdisengagement from the collar.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the following descriptionof preferred and practical embodiments thereof proceed.

In the drawing throughout the several figures of which the samecharacters of reference have been employed to designate identical parts:

Figure 1 is a perspective View showing a collar bar, subject of thepresent invention, in operation;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of one form of bar;

Figure 3 is a side elevation;

Figures 4 and 5 are details respectively in vertical section and plan ofthe hinge joint;

Figure 6 is a front elevation of another form of the invention;

Figure 7 is a front elevation of still another form of the invention;

Figure 8 is a side view of a portion of a collar and necktie showing thesaddle portion of the bar illustrated in Figure '7 upholding thenecktie;

Figure 9 is a detail View in side elevation illustrating a clamping jawwith shiftable element; and

Figure 10 is a bottom plan view of Figure 9.

Referring now in detail to the several figures, and first to that formof the invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 5, inclusive, the numeralsI and 2 represent identical clamping members adapted to embrace andseize the wings of the collar as shown in Figure 1. Figure 3 shows thateach clamping member consists essentially of an upper jaw 3 and a lowerjaw 4. The upper jaw 3 is expanded into a flat wide portion 5 againstwhich the rolled end B of the lower jaw presses. One or both of the jawsis resilient. At a point remote from their open ends the jaws areprovided with a suitable cross connection I which holds them inlongitudinal alignment. The opposite ends of the jaws are formed withaligned apertures 8 and 9, Figure 4, for a hinge connection.

The clamp members I and 2 are connected by. means of links I ii and IIwhich are mutually hinged as at I2 at their adjacent ends and at theirouter ends they are similarly'hinged to the clamp members. Figure 3shows that the link Ill is bifurcated as at I3 and that link II has atongue I i interleaved between the bifurcations. A pintle I5 passesthrough apertures in said interleaved portions. The outer ends of thelinks If! and I I extend between the perforated ends of the clampvmembers I and 2 and pintles I6 and I1 connecting said links and clampmembers hingedly as is clearly indicated in Figure 4. By means of thehinged connections any angular adjustment between the links I0 and I Iand/or between the clamp members I and 2 and the associated links may bemade, either to vary the width of the collar bar to suit the distancebetween the wings of the collar or to make deeper or more shallow theangle between the links Ill and II. Said angle forms a saddle for thenecktie, the links Ill and II lying beneath the necktie and holding thetie out from the collar to a greater or less extent according to thedesire of the wearer.

It is desirable that there shall be enough friction in the hinge jointsto cause any adjustment to be maintained. Consequently, the inventioncontemplates the provision of detent means such for example as the meansshown in Figures 4 and 5 in which the links it] and II are formed withshallow indentations i8 on both sides in a circular series surroundingthe aXis of the hinge pintle and the inner faces of'the jaws 3 and 4 areformed with corresponding series of projections i9 and 28 in circularseries around the hinge pintle and registrable with the indentations. InFigure 6, a modified form of the invention is shown in which the hingejoints between the links IE3 and II are dispensed with so that theclampmember and link on each side is formed as a single rigid body 2iwith angularly disposed limbs 22 and 23, the former being the clampmember while the latter is the equivalent of the link. The hingeconnection I2 at the center is retained. The operation and functioningof this form of the invention is the same as that described in the firstgroup of figures.

. Referring to Figure 7, this form of the invention is devoid of themiddle hinge adjustment I2. Replacing the two links H] and II is asingle rigid V-shaped member 24 to which the clamp memhers I and 2 arehinged. The V-shaped member forms a saddle for the necktie and tofurther hold the necktie in place it is provided on the inner side ofthe apex of the V with a spur 25 which may be pointed as at 26 and 21which spur underlies the necktie and points, if present, press into thefabric of the necktie firmly holding it.

The reaction of the weight of the necktie against the saddle membercauses an end thrust in an outward direction in the clamp members i and2 and assists in causing them to retain position on the wings of thecollar.

In applying any form of collar bar to the collar, difiiculty issometimes experienced in getting the jaws of the clamp members to spreadfar enough to permit the collar to be readily inserted. Figures 9 and 10show an improvement which may be applied to the lower jaw of any of thecollar bars illustrated in the figures of the drawing. Figure 9 showsthat the lower jaw 28 is formed with a frame 29 having an overhanginginner edge 39, said frame defining a rectangular guideway in whichlongitudinally slides the convex member 3|. When the wing of the collarfirst abuts against the convex member 3| in the act of pushing the clampmember on the collar, the member 3| is pushed back until it strikes therear edge 32 of the frame. 'In thus moving backward, the convex member3| permits the collar to pass freely beneath the wide portion 5 of theupper jaw 3. It is easier for the collar to pass between the convexmember 3| and the narrower part of the collar bar since the frictionalresistance of the narrower part of the upper jaw is less than thefrictional resistance than the wide part 5. When the collar has oncebeen inserted and it is attempted to withdraw it, the convex memberpulls outward against the forward wall 33 of the frame 29, bringing theconvex member directly beneath the wide portion 5 of the upper jaw, thusincreasing the frictional resistance of the upper jaw and making it morediflicult for the collar to slip out from between the jaws of the clamp.

It will be understood that those skilled in the art that the aboveexemplary embodiments of my invention illustrate a broad principle whichI believe to be new and the invention is therefore not to be limited tothe constructions as illustrated and described, but is to be broadlyconstrued according to the terms of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. Collar bar comprising end clamps and an intermediate member, saidclamps and intermediate member being hingedly connected for relativemovement solely about parallel axes, the intermediate memberconstituting a saddle for upholding a necktie, and a spur on said saddleengaging said necktie.

2. Collar bar comprising end clamps and an intermediate member, said endclamps and intermediate member being hingedly connected so as to moveabout parallel axes, one jaw of each clamp being provided with a frame,and an antifriction detent retained by said frame, slidablelongitudinally therein under pressure of the collar, and clampinglycooperating with the opposite jaw of said clamp.

3. Collar bar comprising an intermediate saddle member affording supportfor a tie, 'and having end clamps relatively adjustable to swing solelyin a single plane on axes perpendicular to the plane of the front of theintermediate member.

HERMAN COHN.

